signs evidenced) - you are living Acts 2:38-47. You are full of the Holy Spirit, you are full of the

Fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-24), you are full of the love of God and you speak in tongues and

operate in the gifts of the Spirit (1Cor. 12-14). You are a Spirit filled, Spirit led disciple and you

are trusting God to be in the details of your daily walk. You are expectant and ready to be used

by God, anytime, any place, and in any situation you encounter - your ear (spirit) is listening to

the Spirit. You study the Word and you know the principles and parameters of the works of the

Spirit and expect to see the Word come alive in your daily experience. You are ready to raise the

dead.

WHY RAISE THE DEAD?

To glorify Jesus Christ, to do His work, to accomplish His

purposes, to establish the Kingdom of God, to demonstrate the wisdom of God to the

principalities and powers and to defeat them (Eph. 3:10), to overcome and undo the works of

darkness and to fulfill the Word of God and all righteousness. Raising the Dead has powerful

repercussions throughout the earth and the 2

nd and 3rd heavens. May I put it in street language? To

stick it in the face of Satan.- he was supremely defeated in crucifying the Lord of the

Resurrection! And now, those “christians” (little christs) are multiplying Jesus’s presence and

ministry and works and glory throughout the earth.

NOBODY ON EARTH DIES UNLESS THE LORD ORDAINS IT OR ALLOWS IT

Ordains it as in: “numbers their days” -determines the day and time and manner of their death

and the reasons why it is appropriate. Allows it as in: “free will choice and consequence” where

the person could have lived longer or should have lived longer or for some divine purpose such

as demonstrating the power of God (for example: where the person would be raised and restored

to life and health). Men have accidents, God does not. God is good, God is sovereign. In the end,

no one will judge God’s plans, purposes and ways! Believers must be absolutely humble and

confident in obeying and trusting God and seeking His will and wisdom in all the affairs of this

life.

Exodus 23:25-26 “

And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy

water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall none cast her young, nor

be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfill.”

Psalm 139:16 “

You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book

Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

Read the whole Psalm regarding

God’s sovereign investment in you and your life.

WHO SHOULD BE RAISED?

Only those whom the Spirit determines. God determines the

maximum number of our days. He also allows us free will and thus some people die before their

time due to various reasons including: their sin, the sin of others, personal choice/request,

demonic attack, “accident” or foolishness

, etc. When most people die, it is their appointed time

regardless of the apparent circumstances -this is final and irrevocable. When some people die,

God chooses to intervene for His good purposes. That’s where you find yourself on the scene and

the Spirit activates you to take action to Raise the Dead.

“The Lord is not slack concerning his

promise, - but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

2 Peter 3:9. God knows who are His and who are appointed to eternal life

because given time, they will repent and obey the Gospel. If God calls you to raise an unbeliever to life again, it may be for this reason. If God calls you to raise a believer, it is because they have

not completed the “number of their days”.

We must be absolutely convinced of the sovereignty, wisdom and goodness of God in the matters

of life and in death. Faith does not question God - faith seeks the mind of the Father. Father what

is your will on earth here in this situation? Your Kingdom come, Your will be done! Just speak

the word, “I will do it, it will be done”! Remember the faith of the gentile Centurion that amazed

Jesus

? “I am a man under authority........(speaking to Jesus)...just speak the Word and it will be

done!” If you are under the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ and you ask and He gives you the

WORD, it will be done -the dead person will be raised! Spiritual principle: be a disciple under

the authority of the Lord Jesus - obey His commands - and you will be given authority! Our

number one concern must be to hear and act only according to God’s will!

Note: Sometimes if the deceased person is a believer, who dies before their appointed time, they

are given the choice as to whether or not they want to return and “live out” the rest of their

ordained days. No one who has been to heaven or has talked face to face with Jesus, normally

prefers to return to their body and life on earth. On the other hand, God allows some people

choice in this matter - sometimes that person is not given the choice but is sent back to fulfill

their destiny in Christ. Sometimes the deceased is a person of real faith and desires to serve and

glorify Jesus in the struggles of their life. They may have children to finish raising, loved ones

they want to live out their lives with, a ministry vision unfulfilled, etc. Others often have given

up on this life and prefer to be with the Lord. Often this involves long term suffering and

spiritual disappointments and failures. Many times such a one may revive only to make it clear

that they do not want to continue on and their choice is to go home. In such a case, we need to

release them and bless them - if they die again, it’s over. I personally think such a person is

forfeiting eternal rewards when they could finish out their ordained days in faith and service to

the Lord.

The case of King Hezekiah’s near death and restoration in Isa. 38 on, should give us a warning

about not demanding our own will being done but rather wanting the Lord’s will being done

regarding the number of our days and who should be healed or raised from the dead. The case

could be made that Hezekiah’s tantrum and pleading for a longer life was a mistake. The Lord

granted his “will” and that although for the most part, his extra 15 years were lived faithfully, he

made strategic errors and also fathered the most evil King to ever serve over Israel

: Manasseh.

One can only speculate, but the principle is revealed in the Lord’s prayer, Lord please have your

way!: “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”.

Note: God has the right to act in any situation or manner to raise someone, with or without our

intercession, prayers or pleadings, actions or involvement

- and He does!

Who Was Raised from the Dead in the Bible? The 10 Incidents!

A Widow's Son 1Kings 17:17-24 Shunammite Woman's Son 2Kings 4:32-37 Man who

Yes. I have had multiple hands-on death scene encounters where I sought permission from the Lord to intervene and raise dead people - one of these resulted in a remarkable resurrection as described in "My Experience" in the article -the others received a "no". In my opinion and experiences, it is easier to raise a dead person back to life (when the Lord sanctions), than it is to heal a Christian -this due to roadblocks of unbelief, unforgiveness, disobedience, false belief, etc. You don't have to get any "cooperation" from the dead person! Some death bed healing ministry encounters are most certainly more remarkable than raising the dead esp. when the person has out of the body experiences and or when they receive salvation in the process right on the edge of Hell! I am in the process of figuring out how to edit the article with an updated version in the coming week. Raising the dead scenarios are not your everyday experience for most of us but we should be ready to glorify the Lord everyday of the week - right? Grace! Kerry

Wow!!! Loved your message. Kind of long, but well worth it. I have to read your re-do of it now. I couldn't stop reading. You just can't go to the library and read stuff like this. Ands you can't just talk to anyone about this stuff. Especially in the USA and California. The Lord has told me I will raise people from the dead. I have prayed over people. but I realized that I would jump in with compassion for a hurting person and not stop to ask the Lord what HE wants done, or a word of knowledge, etc. I have prayed over two death beds and spoke to their man spirit and I believe that they both accepted the Lord. Yeah God. God got me to the hospital just a few hours before they each passed.

A friend of mine had lung cancer and the doctors passed the death sentence in her of 6months to live. Her family just sat around saying "poor Beverly" and I kept on praying life and healing and cursing the cancer. etc. I asked the Lord and He told me to pray, pray, pray. I did a lot. Then He said she was healed. And I felt released. I thought she would be getting better, but When I saw her a week or two later she was way worse. I said "Lord, I thought you said she was healed?" and he said "She is, in the spirit". A few weeks later she died. I felt in my spirit that my praying was counteracting the death sentence from the doctors and her family. They didn't realize what they were doing. I was very disappointed. Any thoughts?

Thank you for your response and testimony Rita! You are walking in His footsteps! Please continue to be expectant for the Lord to use you with Signs Following as He pleases............and He is pleased with your zeal to fulfill His will and purposes in doing the Great Commission! Raising the dead is good, raising the dying is better and it's more work, but it's more rewarding I think. There are "dead men/women dying" everywhere - just watch people at the supermarket or malls or streets or in your neighborhood.

Endeavor to be in the "right place at the right time" by being in the Spirit daily. Yes, Jesus had to constantly deal with unbelief in both disciples (he had to rebuke them frequently) and unbelievers - so will you! Use your authority to clear the scene and or minister faith (scripture) and then do what the Spirit shows you to do, do not be distracted nor discouraged by others. (esp. "the church")!

Numbers 21:17-18

“Spring(RISE) up, O well! Sing to it!18 “The well, which the leaders sank,Which the nobles of the people dug,With the scepter and with their staffs.”

This is the word of God speaking short andd sweet to The wellspring in them

2 Kings 4:31-35

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

31 Then Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff on the lad’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he returned to meet him and told him, “The lad has not awakened.”

32 When Elisha came into the house, behold the lad was dead and laid on his bed.33 So he entered and shut the door behind them both and prayed to the Lord.34 And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became warm.35 Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes.

REMOVE ALL DOUBT FROM THE AREA !

Mark 5:35-43

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

35 While He was still speaking, they *came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?”36 But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, *said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid any longer, only believe.”37 And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James.38 They *came to the house of the synagogue official; and He *saw a commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing.39 And entering in, He *said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.”40 They began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He *took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and *entered the room where the child was.41 Taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).42 Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.43 And He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this, and He said that something should be given her to eat.

My Love for you is amazing!So allow me to love you by letting go of "all" the woes that encumber you for I AM your Peace and Joy."Rise up oh well for The Voice Of Many Waters is calling to you for his glory" !!!“And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.” (Revelations 1:15)Galatians 5:1It is "for" freedom that Christ "has"set us FREE!"Stand firm then" and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery !Psalm 34

[A Psalm] of David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him out, and he went away.

1 I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.2 My life makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble and afflicted hear and be glad.3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.4 I sought (inquired of) the Lord and required Him [of necessity and on the authority of His Word], and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.5 They looked to Him and were radiant; their faces shall never blush for shame or be confused.6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.7 The Angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe] and each of them He delivers.8 O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good!Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him.9 O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear.10 The young lions lack food and suffer hunger, but they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord [by right of their need and on the authority of His Word], none of them shall lack any beneficial thing.11 Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you to revere and worshipfully fear the Lord.12 What man is he who desires life and longs for many days, that he may see good?13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.14 Depart from evil and do good; seek, inquire for, and crave peace and pursue (go after) it!15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry.16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles.18 The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent.19 Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.20 He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.21 Evil shall cause the death of the wicked; and they who hate the just and righteous shall be held guilty and shall be condemned.22 The Lord redeems the lives of His servants, and none of those who take refuge and trust in Him shall be condemned or held guilty.

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